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Friday Beetle Blogging: Agra

Agra is a tree-dwelling predator found from Texas south to Argentina. It belongs to the family Carabidae, the ground beetles, which is unfortunate as most Agra are canopy species found nowhere near the ground.

Agra is one of those sprawling hyper-diverse tropical genera that readily yields new taxonomic discoveries. See, for instance, theseexamples by Agra expert Terry Erwin. With so many novel species, Erwin has become rather playful with his nomenclature. Agra vation Erwin 1983 remains one of my favorite names.